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George W. Bush: “Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.”

On the recordJune 30, 2025
Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.
Said by
George W. Bush
Republican · Texas
Source
newsweek.com
Jun 30, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Bush criticized the cuts to HIV/AIDS relief during the same event.

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